{"id":68569,"key":"Backgrounder:MOST","title":"Backgrounder:MOST","latest":{"id":1224426,"timestamp":"2026-01-09T00:48:19Z"},"content_model":"wikitext","license":{"url":"https://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Copyrights","title":"CC-BY-SA-4.0"},"source":"{{MOST}}\n\n<center>''A MOST backgrounder is a well researched and referenced collection of facts related to a specific topic. They are given in bullet point form with a full reference (or more) so they can be used in many publications. Normally the backgrounder is assigned as a list of factual questions and then the researcher looks for sources for those questions. ''</center>\n\n== Hierarchy of sources ==\n\nAll sources are not the same and just because it is in a book or on the web does not make it true or trustworthy. Sources preferred as answers are in the following order of preference\n\n# Peer reviewed journal articles - get from https://scholar.google.com/\n# Government reports\n# News stories\n# NPO reports\n# patents\n# the web\n\n== Format for web reference ==\n\nAuthor Surname, Author Initial. (Year Published). Title. [online] Available at: http://web.archive.org/web/20180811212301/http://www3.website/ URL [Accessed Date Accessed].\n You can export Harvard style references from Google Scholar and from Zotero.\n\n== Example ==\n\nQuestion: How much PV is expected to be installed in the US in 2016?\n\n* 14.5GW\n** Solar Energy Industry Association. (2016). Solar Industry Data. [online] Available at: http://www.seia.org/research-resources/solar-industry-data [Accessed July 31, 2016].\n\n Note the answer is in an incomplete sentence with a properly formatted reference after the data. Harvard Reference style preferred with a direct hyperlink to the data.\n\n{{Page data\n| license = CC-BY-SA-3.0\n| description = MOST’s backgrounder on Appropedia outlines key principles, tools, and research priorities for advancing sustainable, open-source technology.\n}}\n\n[[Category:MOST methods]]"}